I only have USB 2.0 and Firewire 800 ports on my 2011 iMac. I'm thinking of getting this as a second Drobo, but need to know if it would work for me?
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The BIG difference of the Thunderbolt unit over the FireWire one is that this one is NOT BOOTABLE. That can be a royal pain. In my case I was moving from a Mac Pro down to the latest Mac Mini with SSD. I had intended to boot from the Drobo volume and use migration assistant to easily move my user account over. Instead I had to go dumpster diving into my user account and move items over one by one into the drobo, delete them from my Mac Pro user account until I could get it all to fit. I've had this unit for over a year now and I'm very happy with it. If you do not have a Thunderbolt system I would stick with Firewire if it was me. The BIG difference of the Thunderbolt unit over the FireWire one is that this one is NOT BOOTABLE. That can be a royal pain. In my case I was moving from a Mac Pro down to the latest Mac Mini with SSD. I had intended to boot from the Drobo volume and use migration assistant to easily move my user account over. Instead I had to go dumpster diving into my user account and move items over one by one into the drobo, delete them from my Mac Pro user account until I could get it all to fit. I've had this unit for over a year now and I'm very happy with it. If you do not have a Thunderbolt system... » Read More The BIG difference of the Thunderbolt unit over the FireWire one is that this one is NOT BOOTABLE. That can be a royal pain. In my case I was moving from a Mac Pro down to the latest Mac Mini with SSD. I had intended to boot from the Drobo volume and use migration assistant to easily move my user account over. Instead I had to go dumpster diving into my user account and move items over one by one into the drobo, delete them from my Mac Pro user account until I could get it all to fit. I've had this unit for over a year now and I'm very happy with it. If you do not have a Thunderbolt system I would stick with Firewire if it was me. « Show Less
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You wont have access to the speeds offered by the Drobo 5D, your computer needs to be compatible with USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt adapter cables doesnt give you thunderbolt speed.I still advise against DROBO, though i havent found a replacement for them yet.
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I have a 2011 27" iMac and it has 2 thunderbolt 10 gb connectors on the back of it. Purchase a thunderbolt cable and you will have a far better experience than using one of the usb 2 ports.
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It will work. I'm running it from a machine that just has USB 2.0. The transfer rates just won't be as fast as a 3.0 connection.
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Yep, you can use this with USB 2.0, it will just run at USB 2.0 speeds. I've used it with my 2010 MacBook Pro which only has USB 2.0.
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I see no reason why this won't work. I'm not a mac user, but have 2 Drobos connected to my PC--a first generation 4-bay and the 5D. Both run beautifully and are running at USB 2.0 speeds. I hope this helps...seeing some negative answers already, but I've been more than satisfied with my setup.
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Although it doesn't have a FireWire connection, you can use it with the USB connection. My idea was that this would be a temporary solution till I get my new Mac with thunderbolt and then it will fly. Hope this helps.
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Do not get the Drobo....mine went down and I purchased Drobo care thinking they could recover it and they couldn't. The Drobo is no good and they will not offer a refund and I cannot transfer the Drobo Care so thats $2000 down the drain and I still would have to buy another unit.
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You can Purchase a thunderbolt(Male ) to firewire adapter (Female ) from apple £25.00 I use one and its great
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It will work but via USB 2.0 only. The USB 3 will step down to what your iMac has. If it has thunderbolt how ever that is better
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I have yosemite 10.10.1 and the system under about this mac is reporting it as a functional 3 usb card. It seems to work. I have the four port card. I find it curious that amazon sales info says it is incompatible with yosemite, . Maybe inatek knows more.
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I hooked my LaCie d2 Quadras to my mid 2010 iMac using the cords with the external drives into the firewire port of my iMac. I do use one of them for my TimeMachine backup, and it works quite well.
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Laurarom; Whoever told you to use it Western Digital "My Book Studio" external hard drive for Time Machine gave you great advice. Your 2009 Mac will be a direct connect FireWire 800, but Apple discontinued that connection on later models, switching to Thunderbolt. When you upgrade to later Mac, you can buy an adapter for FireWire to Thunderbolt. Set up is easy, practically does it automatically. Buy it. You will love it. BTW, it is silent.
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I use a FireWire cable to operate some digital equipment I own. My MacBook Pro doesn't have a FireWire output so I used the adapter to insert into my thunderbolt port which enabled me to attach my FireWire cable.
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Not enough info from you. What kind of cord is needed, firewire, usb or thunderbolt. I bought the thunderbolt for my new iMac which no longer has firewire.
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yes, it should i just bought one 2 days ago and it's awesome, i've got an old school mac g4 running 10.5 with two external drives connected via firewire (with all my vid's on them) and the WD box was able to connect to the computer without needing to do any kind of setup on the box. you just have to make sure your file sharing is turned on, on ur mac(durr). the only reason i say that it "SHOULD" is that my entire house is setup with gigabit, ie no wireless... so it should work so long as the WD box connects to the network that your computer is on. i'm just not sure how fast everything would be over wireless.
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Its a very nice mbox however it doesn't carry usb allocation. You will need a firewire port to your mac.
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I am sure that you can use it if you have the Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire adapter. It works on the ThunderBolt port of your new iMac. I think the Apple brand is best, but there may be less expensive options. So the set-up would be ThunderBolt FireWire 800 adapter blogged into your iMac, this would be plugged into that and then you would have FireWire 400 adapter plugged in. Good luck.
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Your Mac mini should have 4 USB3 ports and 1 800 FireWire port. For USB, the answer should be yes, 2 ports on the Mac mini (1 used for each hub). For FireWire, you will need adapters. The FireWire port is 400 (6 pin) on the hubs and 800 (9 pin) on the Mac mini, so 1 800 to 600 (9 to 6 pin) adapter will allow FireWire to work on one (1) of the hubs. You will also need a thunderbolt to FireWire 400 (6 pin) adapter for the second hub's FireWire ports to work as well. Caution, not sure if thunderbolt to FireWire adapters pass power to the hub, so FireWire devices will most likely need their own power source. Your Mac mini should have 4 USB3 ports and 1 800 FireWire port. For USB, the answer should be yes, 2 ports on the Mac mini (1 used for each hub). For FireWire, you will need adapters. The FireWire port is 400 (6 pin) on the hubs and 800 (9 pin) on the Mac mini, so 1 800 to 600 (9 to 6 pin) adapter will allow FireWire to work on one (1) of the hubs. You will also need a thunderbolt to FireWire 400 (6 pin) adapter for the second hub's FireWire ports to work as well. Caution, not sure if thunderbolt to FireWire adapters pass power to the hub, so FireWire devices will most likely need their own... » Read More Your Mac mini should have 4 USB3 ports and 1 800 FireWire port. For USB, the answer should be yes, 2 ports on the Mac mini (1 used for each hub). For FireWire, you will need adapters. The FireWire port is 400 (6 pin) on the hubs and 800 (9 pin) on the Mac mini, so 1 800 to 600 (9 to 6 pin) adapter will allow FireWire to work on one (1) of the hubs. You will also need a thunderbolt to FireWire 400 (6 pin) adapter for the second hub's FireWire ports to work as well. Caution, not sure if thunderbolt to FireWire adapters pass power to the hub, so FireWire devices will most likely need their own power source. « Show Less
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I have a MacBookPro 17" Model A1229 from late 2007 with both Firewire 800 and 400. I use Firewire 800 to my Passport 1TB purchased from Amazon several months ago. I have it set to do auto Time Machine Backups every day. Never any problems. The new USB 3.0 is 600MB/s, Firewire 800 is 75MB/s, USB 2.0 is 60MB/s, and Firewire400 is 50MB/s. Firewire 400 will work fine, and is still offered as an option on the new drives. Good luck, hope this helps. Bill Rhodes
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Hi, thanks for your email, Sony DCR-TRV350 has Firewire port as well as USB port and I sold many to customer that have Mac. computer and I am certain you can.Take care, Norman.
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Hi, thanks for your email, yes if your Mac has Firewire port.Take care, Norman.
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According to both the online documentation and the documents that came with the drive, the answer is yes. I can also offer my own experience as I've been using these drives with both my older iMac w/USB 2.0 interface and my new iMac w/USB 3.0 interface and both work as expected. USB 2.0 speeds are MUCH slower than USB 3.0 speeds, so expect that your throughput will be lower than the max throughput indicated on the docs; plugged into a USB 2.0 slot, the drive will operate at USB 2.0 speeds.I hope that helps! Let me know if you have other questions.
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Greetings Brian, no. USB 3.0 is the most recent version of USB. You will have to have a newer Mac to get the full USB 3.0 speeds with this drive. I have a Mid-2010 iMac and it has USB 2 as well as a Firewire 800 port. I use the Firewire port for this drive and it works fine to watch movies and such. It has the option for USB2 as well and I have another one of these drives using the USB 2.0. In honesty it works fine to watch movies off of as well.
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Working on my mac mini perfectly. USB3.0 and OSX Mavericks. I have not used the firewire port but I assume it will work well.
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can you use this to tranfer file from a pc to a mac, i have an older dell latitude d600,,,,not sure but i dont believe i have a firewire port, any help would be appreciated